i was a mod in the 8ts ( who wasnt? ) and used to go to the bush, crawdaddy, pheonix, etc… nowadays, living in japan BUT still riding a vespa and dj`ing…. big tunes for me … jun mayuzumi / black room …. inn keepers / wanted …. woody herman/ the sidewinder….. once a mod, always a mod!

Circuit 68 – band of Modernists from the North East of England – their self made album ‘ELEVEN’ was released last November and is casusing a stir locally – here’s a youtube clip and I think it has a free download.

Been listening to all of the Small Faces reissues on CD over the past month and I’m sure like many Small Faces completists are wondering what’s coming next? I seem to remember reading comments made my Kenney/Mac that plans were being made for a Small Faces box set featuring a sizeable amount of unreleased material. Does anybody out there know if this is still going to happen?

Having read a number of recent interviews surrounding these reissues it would seem a large number of the Small Faces master tapes have been stolen/disappeared and so are we to assume that what is now out there as bonus material on these deluxe edition reissues is the end of the Small Faces story?

The lack of Autumn Stone as part of this current series (which, along with ‘From The Beginning’, appeared to as a collection of unreleased instrumentals, singles and live tracks cobbled together by Immediate to form a ‘Best of’ following the bands demise) However, it did feature gems such as ‘Autumn Stone’, Red Balloon, The Universal and the brilliant instrumental ‘Wide Eyed Girl on the Wall’. Are we to assume that these tracks along with ‘Donkey Rides A Penny A Glass’ (and lesser known instrumental out takes such as ‘The Pigs Trotters’ and ‘War Of The Worlds’) could form part of the aforementioned box set later in the year???

PS: Charly Worldwide (who have provided a large part of the material released by Universal for this reissue series) appear to be releasing both the Small Faces album (Immediate) along with Ogdens (deluxe vinyl) alongside Universal’s reissue series. Why is this? Adverts for both products specify that neither are for sale in the U.K., and that any orders made from within the U.K. will have their payments returned (as with HIP-O many years ago and their rare motown reissues). Are we to assume Universal will soon follow suit and issue similar packages to these for sale within the U.K.?

In response to my own question, Mojo magazine have answered it, in their October issue (Kenney Jones meets Bradley Wiggins, P.14). Check it out for news of the 5 Disc Small Faces Box Set out in the New Year! (So I wasn’t imagining it after all!)

Paul Evans on 5 January, 2014 6:36 pm

Box set U.S.only? thought they were English…..
What’s all that about?????

Craig Isle on 16 June, 2012 8:48 am

The Jam, always the jam

Coleon on 21 June, 2012 10:51 am

Hi,

Newbie here – I have made a few compilations in Spotify – Incase anyone it interested (and uses Spotify) search for Coleon and let me know what you think??? Mod Revival is a work in progress whilst the other two should appeal to a wider audience, some stuff you will no doubt no, other stuff you may not, check it out and keep it real folks